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Gary Neville on the Benteke goal: 'They cock about with the offside rule every single year'

Liverpool’s winner should have been flagged for offside.

A FRUSTRATED GARY Neville hit out at the Premier League bosses following Liverpool’s controversial winner against Bournemouth.

Christian Benteke pounced for the game’s only goal on his home debut but the strike should have been chalked off for offside.

Although Benteke was onside when the cross came in from Jordan Henderson, Philippe Coutinho was not and attempted to play the ball himself before the Belgian striker finished.

Under the new rules implemented this season, Coutinho made “an obvious action which clearly impacts on the ability of an opponent to play the ball” and therefore the goal should not have stood.

Neville fumed on Sky Sports Monday Night Football: ”They cock about with the offside rule every single year and I don’t think they make it any better any time.”

He later added: “Linesmen I think have an incredibly tough job. Some of them you think, ‘How the hell did they get that right?’ and they get so many right.

“That is a really bad one, that one. It is a really bad one. It’s a game-changer which is bad news for the linesman but it was just such an easy one to give.

“It’s just so obvious.”

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